ὕπαιθα
Ἓν οἶδα, ὅτι οὐδὲν οἶδα → I know only one thing, that I know nothing | all I know is that I know nothing.
English (LSJ)
Adv., (ὑπό, ὑπαί)
A out under, under and away, ὕ. λιάσθη yielded before him, under his attack, Il.15.520; ποταμὸς . . ὕ. ῥέων 21.271; ἡ δὲ [πέλεια] ὕ. φοβεῖται 22.141; κατακέκλιται ἤπειρόνδε κοίλη ὕ. νάπη A.R.2.735. II Prep. with gen. under, αἱ μὲν ὕπαιθα ἄνακτος ἐποίπνυον (sc. αἱ ἀμφίπολοι) under him, so as to support him, Il.18.421; of one shrinking under an attack, ὕπαιθα δὲ τοῖο λιασθεὶς φεῦγ' 21.255. (Expld. as εἰς τὸ ἰθὺ καὶ ἀντικρὺ καὶ ἔμπροσθεν in Eust. 1030.20, cf. 1234.11, 1262.61; as ἐκ πλαγίου in Sch.A.R. l.c., denied or doubted by Eust. ll. cc.)
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ὕπαιθᾰ: Ἐπίρρ., (ὑπό, ὑπαί), ὕπαιθα λιάσθη, «εἰς πλάγιον ἐξέκλινεν, εἰς τοὔμπροσθεν» (Σχολ.), Ἰλ Ο. 520· ποταμός... ὕπ. ῥέων, κάτωθεν ῥέων, Υ. 275· ἡ δὲ [[[πέλεια]]] ὕπ. φοβεῖται, κύπτουσα ἢ πλαγίως φεύγει, Χ. 141. ΙΙ. πρόθεσ. μετὰ γενικ., αἱ μὲν ὕπαιθα ἄνακτος ἐπρίπνυον (δηλ. αἱ ἀμφίπολοι), ὑπεστήριζον αὐτὸν παραπλεύρως ἀσθμαίνουσαι, Ἰλ. Σ. 421· ὕπαιθα δὲ τοῖο λιασθεὶς φεῦγ’, πλαγίως δὲ ἐκκλίνας ἔφευγε, Φ. 255.
